anderson cooper is a descendant of which prominent american family?

Anderson Cooper is a descendant of the prominent American Vanderbilt family. He is the great-great-great-grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the 19th-century shipping and railroad magnate. Anderson Cooper's mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, was an heiress of the Vanderbilt family fortune, which was built by Cornelius Vanderbilt and greatly expanded by his descendants. This family legacy includes significant influence in American business and philanthropy during the Gilded Age.